langerhans cell histiocytosis following hodgkin lymphoma: a case report from iran

Authors

azar naimi assistant professor of pediatrics, department of pediatrics, faculty of medicine, isfahan university of medical science, isfahan, iran.

nahid raeesi raeesi department of pediatric, faculty of medicine, isfahan university of medical science.

parvin rajabi professor, department of pathology, faculty of medicine, isfahan university of medical science

mitra heidarpour professor assistant, department of pathology, faculty of medicine, isfahan university of medical science.

abstract

the occurrence of langerhans cell histiocytosis (lch) in a patient with lymphoma is an indication of a probable relationship between them. the two conditions have similarities both clinically and histopathologically. occurrence of these two conditions in the same patient, particularly not simultaneously, is rare. according to different management and treatment of these conditions, exact histopathologic evaluation and even using immunohistochemistery (ihc) can prevent misdiagnosis. in this report, a 10 year old boy presented who afflicted with lch 3 years after diagnosis and treatment of mixed cellularity hodgkin lymphoma. keywords: hodgkin disease, langerhans cell histiocytosis, immunohistochemistry. normal 0 false false false microsoftinternetexplorer4

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